(July 22, 2015, Mississauga, ON) The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) applauds the release of the Report of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation titled “Unleashing Innovation: Excellent Healthcare for Canada”. Through their work, the Advisory Panel members were able to articulate important insights regarding the Canadian health care system.

The CFPC is proud to acknowledge several CFPC members being recognized by The BMJ. The article entitled ‘Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP)’ and written by Drs. Janusz Kaczorowski, Lisa Dolovich, Bill Hogg, Cheryl Levitt, Karen Tu, et al has been selected as one of the top 20 articles published in The BMJ in the past 20 years.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is pleased to announce that four College members have been appointed to membership in the Order of Canada by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. The Order of Canada, one of our country’s highest civilian honours, recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation.

As previously communicated, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) will be introducing some exciting changes to its Fellowship designation. The changes are prompted by the transition from Mainpro to Mainpro+ which will see the end of the Mainpro-C credit category. This will require changes to the criteria for achieving Fellowship. For those currently in their second cycle towards Fellowship, please read more.